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27/10/2009

Will Windows 7 prove an improvement on Vista? New York takes a bow as the sentient city of the future, and South African teenagers take to reading novels on their mobile phones.

Three years after the roll out of Windows Vista, Microsoft has come up with an upgrade that they hope will fare much better. Digital Planet investigates whether Windows 7 is an improvement on its predecessor.

New York is exploring how it might look and feel in the future if it absorbed all of the smart technologies available, to turn it into the ultimate smart city. Laura Sheeter investigates an exhibition which is flagging up this new collaboration between artists, engineers and architects.

M novels, where readers can peruse stories written for the mobile phone, have proved a big success in Japan. Now the Shuttleworth Foundation in Cape Town has created a raft of stories for South African teenagers to read on their mobile phone. Steve Vosloo talks to Digital Planet about luring readers to their phones.

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28 minutes

Last on

Wed 28 Oct 2009 01:32GMT

Chapters

  • Windows 7

    Is Windows 7 an improvement on Windows Vista?

    Duration: 06:50

  • The Sentient City

    New York gears up to become the ultimate smart city

    Duration: 05:52

  • South African M Novels

    Teenagers in South Africa take to the M Novel on the mobile phones

    Duration: 05:33

Broadcasts

  • Tue 27 Oct 2009 10:32GMT
  • Tue 27 Oct 2009 15:32GMT
  • Tue 27 Oct 2009 20:32GMT
  • Wed 28 Oct 2009 01:32GMT

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